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North Sea Subsea Decom Campaign Wraps Up with Two Wells Abandoned

Oct 21, 2026

Perenco UK has completed the decommissioning of the Leman South and Durango subsea assets in the UK Southern North Sea, using Petrodec's HAEVA jack-up vessel to plug and abandon the wells and remove associated subsea infrastructure.The two projects…

Shell-Equinor Joint Venture Gets UK Approval for Jackdaw Gas Field

Oct 21, 2026

The U.K. government has approved the Jackdaw offshore gas field operated by Adura, a joint venture between Shell and Equinor, clearing the way for the project to begin supplying gas within weeks.The decision, announced by Adura on October 21…

Rosebank Delays Put Ithaca's Future UK Investments at Risk

Oct 20, 2026

Oil and gas producer Ithaca Energy will likely halt further investment in Britain if the government does not approve its Rosebank oilfield in the North Sea, chair Yaniv Friedman said in an interview with the Financial Times on Tuesday.The company…

Equinor Plans Subsea Tieback for New North Sea Discovery

Oct 14, 2026

Equinor and its partners Petoro and TotalEnergies have made an oil and gas discovery near the Oseberg field in the Norwegian North Sea, with preliminary estimates indicating between 19 million and 50 million barrels of recoverable oil equivalent…

DOF Group Awards North Sea Subsea Decommissioning Contract

Oct 12, 2026

DOF Group ASA announced the award of a significant contract with a North Sea operator for a subsea decommissioning campaign.The contract scope includes project management, engineering, offshore execution and disposal services for the removal…

TGS, Galdor Partner on AI-Driven North Sea Exploration

Oct 12, 2026

Energy data company TGS has signed a framework agreement with newly established Galdor Exploration to use artificial intelligence (AI) and integrated subsurface data to identify exploration opportunities on the Norwegian Continental Shelf and across the wider North Sea region…

Gennaker Offshore Substations Depart for Baltic Sea Installation (Video)

Oct 09, 2026

The topsides and jackets for two offshore substations serving Germany's 927 MW Gennaker offshore wind farm have departed the Netherlands for installation in the Baltic Sea as part of the OST-6-1 offshore grid connection project.The OSS Zingst…

Equinor Finds More Gas at Gullfaks Field in North Sea

Oct 08, 2026

Equinor and its partners have made a gas discovery at the Gullfaks South field in the Norwegian North Sea, with estimated recoverable resources of between 3.3 million and 10.3 million barrels of oil equivalent (boe).The discovery, located about 190 kilometers northwest of Bergen…

Equinor Warns Rosebank, Jackdaw Rejection Could Deter UK Investment

Oct 06, 2026

Failure to secure approval for the Rosebank and Jackdaw projects would be a major setback for Equinor's Adura joint venture with Shell in the North Sea, Equinor CEO Anders Opedal said on Tuesday.'Not approving Rosebank would be contradictory to energy security…

TWMA Takes Multi-Million-Dollar North Sea Drilling Services Job

Oct 06, 2026

Drilling waste management specialist TWMA has secured a multi-million-dollar contract from an unnamed North Sea operator to provide offshore drilling waste management services for a multi-well campaign in the UK North Sea.The contract, awarded under an existing agreement…

Orcadian Terminates UK Offshore Data Center Development Deal

Oct 05, 2026

Orcadian Energy and an unnamed U.S. offshore data center developer have terminated an agreement to jointly develop an offshore energy-to-compute project using gas resources from Orcadian's Earlham and Orwell discoveries in UK waters.The companies…

Apache Workers Back Strike That Could Disrupt North Sea Pipeline

Oct 05, 2026

More than 160 offshore workers at Apache have backed strike action in a pay dispute that could disrupt operations at seven North Sea assets and potentially affect the Forties Pipeline System, trade union Unite said.The industrial action, which could begin in October…

New Owner to Extend Life of Germany’s First Offshore Wind Farm

Oct 02, 2026

Ocean Breeze Energy has agreed to acquire the 60 MW Alpha Ventus offshore wind farm from EWE, RWE and Vattenfall, with plans to operate Germany's first offshore wind farm beyond its originally planned 20-year service life.Financial terms were not disclosed…

Serica Expands North Sea Oil and Gas Portfolio with Spirit Energy’s Assets

Oct 01, 2026

Serica Energy has completed the acquisition of a portfolio of Southern North Sea assets from Spirit Energy, adding around 10,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day of production and 18.7 million boe of proved and probable reserves.Serica made…

Aker Solutions Widens Work Scope for BP into Central North Sea

Sep 30, 2026

Aker Solutions has been awarded a three-year frame agreement to provide engineering and integrity services across BP's North Sea assets, expanding its existing work for the energy company.The agreement extends Aker Solutions' support from BP's…

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